Vocab Week 3

Abet (verb)

• to aid or encourage someone
• the spy only succeed because he had a friend on thed inside to abet him

Camaraderie (noun)

• friendship
• camaraderie amongst employees usually lead to success in the business

“Burn the midnight oil” (idiom)

• to study or work late into the night
• if I’m going to pass the test, I’ll have to burn the midnight oil tonight

Decry (verb)

• to criticize openly
• the people decried the new taxes on food, which was already expensive

Effrontery (noun)

• audacity or the nerve
• the cat showed true effrontery when to made a pillow out of its owner

Fecund (adj.)

• fertile, fruitful
• the fecund tree bore enough apple to last us through the entire sears

Coup d’etat (noun)

• suddend, violent overthrow of an existing government (typically a small group)
• there was a bloodless coup d’etat in the book “Kite Runner”

Haughty (adj.)

• disdainfully proud, stuck-up
• the superstar’s haughty dismissal of her co starts will backfire on her someday

Impassive (adj.)

• not susceptible to suffering, 🗿, emotionless
• stop being so impassive, it is ok to feel sad when your pet dies

Latent (adj.)

• something that is hidden, but with the possibility of being exposed
• superheros have latent super powers

Malleable (adj.)

• capable of being shaped, transformed, or manipulated
• max’s opinions were so malleable, his mind could be changed by anyone

Hone (verb)

• to sharpen, to refine or to perfect over time
• she has taken many classes to hone her skills over the years

Negligent (adj.)

• habitually careless
• my called me negligent fool for not locking the door when I came home

Obstinate (adj.)

• stubborn
• the obstinate child refused to leave the store without a new toy

Raze (verb)

• to demolish or level something
• the old building was razed to make room for a new store

“Put the cart before the horse” (idiom)

• reversing the proper order, to do things backwards
• my assistant was so eager to get the job done that he often put the cart before the horse

Tenable (adj.)

• able to be defended
• the military outpost , though small, was quite tenable and after to fight off attackers
• this is a tenable argument

Undulate (verb)

• to move in waves
• the crowd at the game undulated to create a wave effect that flowed around the stadium

Republic (noun)

• a place where people are elected into power
• afghanistan became a republic in the 1970s

Venerable (adj.)

• deserving respect because of age or achievements
• the venerable former prime minister was still active in politics as an advisor

BONUS

“If you’re good at something … never do it for free” → the dark knight